Mars

NASA looks to SpaceX for Mars landing tips

Posted in Science on 22nd Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller

The powered landing capability of SpaceX's Falcon 9 makes it a good test bed for studying how to land on Mars

MAVEN spacecraft provides look at Martian upper atmosphere

Posted in Science on 20th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller

MAVENs main mission is to study the effect of the Sun on the Martian atmosphere and has hit the ground running.

Mars One design not feasible, MIT researchers find

Posted in Business on 16th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller

MIT researchers have developed a detailed settlement analysis tool to assess the feasibility of the Mars One plans to establish the first human colony on Mars by 2025.

Elon Musk believes colonizing Mars will save humanity

Posted in Science on 4th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller

Musk says that he's fighting to colonize Mars because he feels he must do all he can to keep the flame of humanity alive.

Four sites vie for European ExoMars landing

Posted in Science on 1st Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller

The European Space Agency has identified the four locations on Mars where it could send a rover in 2018.